Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3512 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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SOLD $350
ANTONINIUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued 158-159, (3.246 grams), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head to right, rev. COS IIII, distyle shrine with arched roof containing statue of the Genius of the Senate standing on a pedastal, (S.4077, RIC 285, RSC 331). Nearly extremely fine, very scarce.
The precise location of the shrine is uncertain but Hill believes it to be in the Roman Senate House, the Curia Julia. (Sear p.212).
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